Silica-Based Materials for Advanced Chemical Applications

Mario Pagliaro1847558984, 9781847558985

This is the first book to address the hot topic of functional silica gels and their applications. Originally used mainly in chromatography, specialized silica gels have evolved into crucially important functional nanomaterials suitable for use in, amongst other things, chemical synthesis, analysis, purification, surface protection and drug release.

The book demonstrates how chemists synthesize, from the bottom-up, tailor-made (nano) materials of immense practical importance spanning the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, biology and medicine. It also shows how the versatility of silica gels results from their physical and chemical properties. An updated outlook on new commercial products, and the companies which make them, greatly adds relevance and practical value to the text.

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Table of contents :
Cover Page
……Page 1
Title Page
……Page 2
Preface
……Page 6
Contents
……Page 10
Acknowledgements……Page 13
About the Author……Page 15
CHAPTER 1
Functionalized Silicas: the
Principles……Page 17
CHAPTER 2
Controlled Release……Page 55
CHAPTER 3
Purification and Synthesis……Page 80
CHAPTER 4
Coatings……Page 95
CHAPTER 5
Catalysis……Page 129
CHAPTER 6
Sensing……Page 159
CHAPTER 7
Hybrid Silica-Based Composites……Page 176
CHAPTER 8
Strategic Aspects of Functional
Silicas……Page 192
Subject Index……Page 203